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IBM's Ban on Dropbox and iCloud Highlights Cloud Security Issues

Posted by Soulskill on from the data-sovereignty dept.

IBM has forbidden its employees from using cloud-based services such as Siri, Dropbox and iCloud, according to reports. These products (along with many others) are presenting a challenge to IT administrators who want to keep their organizations secure, as well as to consumer-software developers who suddenly need to build features with both consumers and businesses in mind.

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  1. What Happened There by swanzilla · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did we just get fed a slashdot slashvertizement? Subtle...I was expecting "Timmy Visits Slashdot Business Intelligence."

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  2. Private Clouds Rule! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Use http://cloudi.org

  3. Really, Slashdot? by Aphonia · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why is on front page slashdot when it just re-iterates a previous front page slashdot?

  4. Re:Self-Serving? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whoa, wait a minute. Canada isn't a state?